Festival Archives

2020 Festival Edition

• 2020 Festival Guide
• 2020 Virtual Festival Live Stream
• Authors
• Awards
  • Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters
  • The CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature
  • The Johnson and Amoy Achong Caribbean Writers Prize
  • The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
• Big Ideas: Conversations & Discussions
• Brathwaite at 90
• Celebrating 10 Years
  • 10 Years of Highlights
  • 100 Caribbean Books That Made Us
  • The 100 Caribbean Books That Made Us
  • The First Citizens National Poetry Slam Highlights
• Children
  • 2020 Children’s Storytelling Caravan
  • Dragonzilla’s Storytime
  • Dragonzilla’s Short Story Writing Challenge
• Events
  • August 2020 Events
  • July 2020 Events
  • June 2020 Events
  • May 2020 Events
  • Reclaim, Restore, Return: Futurist tales from the Caribbean
• Stand & Deliver Registration 2020
• Survival Kit #1
  • “Listen Up!” and “Kiss and Quarrel in Whispers”
  • First thing in the morning
  • Goal
  • Invading Us Would Be a Waste of Time
  • Walk #3
  • Watercolours by Jackie Hinkson
• Survival Kit #2
  • “Epiphaneia” and “Dead Reckoning”
  • Doubles
  • Letters to K
  • The Conference of the Birds
• Survival Kit #3
  • Caul and Calling
  • Still Life
• Survival Kit: Stories, Poems, Music and More
• The 2020 NGC Bocas Lit Fest Feedback Survey
• The Publishing Consultancy

2019 Festival Edition

• Authors
• Awards
  • The CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature 2019
  • THE JOHNSON AND AMOY ACHONG CARIBBEAN WRITERS PRIZE
  • The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
• Children
  • 2019 Children’s Storytelling Caravan
  • Children’s Festival Participants
• Events
  • Awards
  • Big Ideas
  • Fiction
  • Film
  • In Tribute
  • Open Mic
  • Performance
  • Poetry
  • Pre-Festival Events
  • Spoken Word
  • Workshops
  • Writers First
  • Young Adult
• Spoken Word
• Volunteering

2018 Festival Edition

• Authors
• Awards
  • The CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature 2018
  • The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
• Children
  • 2018 Children’s Storytelling Caravan
  • Children’s Festival Participants
• Events
  • 2018 Events by Category
  • Awards
  • Big Ideas
  • CineLit
  • Festival Highlights
  • In Tribute
  • NALIS Presents
  • Pre-Festival Events
  • Say It Loud
  • Words Alive
  • Workshops
  • Writers First
  • Young Bocas
• Live
• People’s Choice T&T Book of the Year 2018 Nominees
• Spoken Word
• Volunteering

2017 Festival Edition

• Authors
• Awards
  • CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature
  • The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
• Book Clubs
• Children
  • 2017 Children’s Storytelling Caravan
  • Children’s Festival Participants
• Events
  • 2017 Events by Category
  • Awards
  • Big Ideas
  • CineLit
  • Festival Highlights
  • In Tribute
  • NALIS Presents
  • Pre-Festival Events
  • Say It Loud
  • Words Alive
  • Workshops
  • Writers First
• Live
• Spoken Word

2016 Festival Edition

• 2016 Events
  • NGC Bocas South Programme
• Authors
• Bocas at Miami Book Fair 2016
• Children
  • 2016 Children’s South Festival Programme
  • 2016 Children’s Storytelling Caravan
  • Children’s Festival Participants
• CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature 2016
• Courts Bocas Speak Out Intercol 2016
• Download the Festival Programme
  • Download the South Festival Programme
• Event Categories
  • Awards
  • Big Ideas
  • Bloody Friday
  • CineLit
  • Future Friday
  • In Tribute
  • Lost and Found
  • Moving Pictures
  • Play On
  • Say It Loud
  • Shakespeare + Cervantes
  • Words Alive
  • Workshops
  • Writers First
• Festival Basics 2016
• First Citizens National Poetry Slam 2016
• NGC Bocas Lit Fest Tobago
• NGC Bocas Lit Fest Workshops

2015 Festival Edition

• 2015 Children’s Festival Programme
  • 2015 Children’s Festival Participants
  • 2015 Children’s Storytelling Caravan
• 2015 Festival Programme
  • 2015 Event Categories
• Authors
• Authors: NGC Bocas Lit Fest South
• Bocas Presents at the 2015 Miami Book Fair
• CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature 2015
• NGC Bocas Lit Fest Workshops South 2015
• Park & Ride Shuttle Service
• Pre-Festival Events
• South NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2015
• The Words Fresh in Brooklyn, NY
• Tobago NGC Bocas Lit Fest 2015

2014 Festival Edition

• Authors List 2014
• Children’s Festival Programme 2014
  • Children’s Festival Workshops 2014
  • The NGC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest Storytelling Caravan 2014
• CODE’s Burt Award for Caribbean Literature 2014
• EWWC 2014
  • A few quotes from the infamous 1962 conference
• Festival Workshops 2014
• Programme 2014
  • Friday 25 April
  • NGC Bocas South Programme, Saturday 8 November 2014
  • NGC Bocas South Programme, Sunday 9 November 2014
  • Saturday 26 April
  • Sunday 27 April
  • Thursday 24 April
  • Wednesday 23 April
• Special Event – Tobago 2014

2013 Festival Edition

• Bocas Festival Programme 2013
  • Friday 26 April
  • Saturday 27 April
  • Sunday 28 April
  • Thursday 25 April
• Children’s Festival Programme 2013
  • Children’s Festival Authors & Storytellers 2013
  • Children’s Special Event 2013
  • City Hall Special Event 2013
  • The KFC BOCAS Children’s Lit Fest Workshops 2013
  • The KFC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest Authors 2013
  • The KFC Children’s Bocas Lit Fest Storytellers 2013
• Festival Authors List 2013
• Special Event – South Central 2013
  • South Central 2013 Programme

2012 Festival Edition

• Bocas Festival Programme 2012
  • Children’s Festival Authors & Storytellers 2012
  • Festival Authors 2012
  • Panels & Discussions 2012
  • The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2012